Schizocarpus pygidialis Fain and Lukoschus, 1985

Bochkov, Andre V., Labrzycka, Anna, Skoracki, Maciej & Saveljev, Alexander P., 2012, Fur mites of the genus Schizocarpus Trouessart (Acari: Chirodiscidae) parasitizing the Eurasian beaver Castor fiber belorussicus Lavrov (Rodentia: Castoridae) in NE Poland (Suwałki), Zootaxa 3162, pp. 39-59 : 57

18. Schizocarpus pygidialis Fain and Lukoschus, 1985

( Fig. 12 A, B)

Schizocarpus pygidialis Fain and Lukoschus, 1985: 48 , figs. 22–24; Bochkov & Dubinina 2011: 63

Material. 1 male ( ZIN AVB- 2011-0504-042) from Castor fiber belorussicus [beaver #3], POLAND: Podlaskie Voivodeship, Suwałki County, near Wiżajny village, 54°21'50''N, 22°52'6''E, 18 April 2003, coll. A. Labrzycka; 1 male ( ZIN AVB- 2011-0504-043), same data [beaver #5]; 1 male ( ZIN AVB- 2011-0504-044), same data [beaver #6].

Microhabitat. One specimen from tail base; two specimens, probably accidental, on head and anterior leg, respectively.

Distribution. Described from the Eurasian beaver (undetermined subspecies) from unknown locality in Europe ( Fain & Lukoschus 1985), from C. f. orientoeuropaeus from Russia (Voronezh Reserve) ( Bochkov & Dubinina 2011), and from C. f. belorussicus from Poland (Suwałki) (present paper).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Variation in positions of ventral opisthosomal setae in males of Schizocarpus spp.: A, B— S. pygidialis Fain and Lukoschus, 1985; C – E— S. subhexapilis Fain and Lukoschus, 1985.